Ivan Leonov

Ivan Leonov was a Lieutenant of the Soviet Red Army during World War II.

Biography
Ivan Leonov was born in Tula, Russian Empire, and he served in the Red Army during the first few years of World War II. Leonov became an officer in the 13th Guards Rifle Division by the time of the Battle of Stalingrad, rising to the rank of Lieutenant and leading a squad of Soviet troops during the fighting with the German Wehrmacht. Leonov was merciless, and he refused to ask the German defenders at a Solechnaya Street apartment building to surrender; he instead had the supports rigged with explosives, destroying the whole building and killing all of the German troops inside.